On 23/03/07, Dean Sas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For whatever reason Ubuntu decided to drop the word "linux" from their
> brand name in 2005 or so. The website for example used to be
> "ubuntulinux.com".
The reason for calling it Ubuntu over Ubuntu Linux was mainly for
avoiding the whole Linux -
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 15:11 +, Paul Sladen wrote:
> > On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote:
> > > I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system
> > The prompt only occurs if a root password *has been set*.
> BUT - the 'recovery' prompt I r
On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 15:47 +, Leon Barker wrote:
> On 24/03/07, Colin Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > fallback of DSL on a USB key, but I couldn't think of a Ubuntu way of
> > getting around this problem.
>
> You could have also used the Ubuntu LiveCD.
>
It is true, if a CD drive had
On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 15:11 +, Paul Sladen wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote:
> > I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system and had a prompt
> > thrown at me for the 'root password' by the minimal rescue system
>
> The prompt only occurs if a root password *has be
On 24/03/07, Colin Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> fallback of DSL on a USB key, but I couldn't think of a Ubuntu way of
> getting around this problem.
You could have also used the Ubuntu LiveCD.
Leon
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On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Michael Wood wrote:
> Colin Murphy wrote:
> > What is the approved way of working in this rescue situation without a
> > root password?
> I've set my root password by doing "sudo su" then passwd
If people are going to set root passwords, then *please remember them*.
Ubuntu
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote:
> I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system and had a prompt
> thrown at me for the 'root password' by the minimal rescue system
The prompt only occurs if a root password *has been set*. Out of the box,
Ubuntu is configured to use 'sudo' and
Colin Murphy wrote:
> I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system and had a prompt
> thrown at me for the 'root password' by the minimal rescue system to
> allow me to do fsck and stuff.
>
> I did try the password for my Admin user but this didn't work.
>
> I was able to get things star
I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system and had a prompt
thrown at me for the 'root password' by the minimal rescue system to
allow me to do fsck and stuff.
I did try the password for my Admin user but this didn't work.
I was able to get things started again because, luckily, I ha
Robin Menneer wrote:
> On 3/21/07, Michael Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Robin Menneer wrote:
>> > On 3/21/07, Nik Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Did you know there are 380 subscribers to the UK Maillist allowing for
>> >> duplicates and metoo addresses thats not a small number
> >or am i going senial, and investing in vista!
>
> language! :-)
>
> (invest?)
It always confuses me when people pay to downgrade to vista lol ;-P
Chris
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Michael Wood wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Two things have really touched a nerve with me recently and I would like
> to open a discussion.
>
> Firstly:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork#head-8c391b3699f3571c2aedfa7cb78adb4623206933
>
> "Feisty artwork will be designed by kwwii -- of Kubuntu Edgy and KDE
Sean Sims wrote:
> Hi,
welcome!
> I have installed ubuntu 6.06.1 on my laptop after the HDD went pear
> shaped and i had to reformat. trying linux on it, but have played about
> with it very basically a couple of years age, my problem is that on
> installing ubuntu it does not ask for a passwo
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